Security and Financial Empowerment Act
Latest action · Aug 24, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Sets forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic or sexual violence. Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave.
Authorizes state use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for emergency leave precipitated by domestic or sexual violence .
Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to approval of state unemployment compensation laws to prohibit denial of compensation where an individual is separated from employment due to circumstances resulting from the individual's experience of domestic or sexual violence.
Amends the Social Security Act to include training under this Act for unemployment compensation personnel.
Victims' Employment Sustainability Act - Prohibits certain discriminatory employer practices relating to terms or conditions of employment in connection with victims of domestic or sexual violence.
Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits denial or restriction of insurance coverage based on the status of the applicant or insured regarding abuse or abuse-related claims.
Authorizes the Attorney General to provide a grant for a clearinghouse and resource center to provide information and assistance to employers, labor organizations, and advocates on behalf of victims of domestic or sexual violence.
Cosponsors 55
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2005 to Jul 25, 2006, with 29 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
- Aug 10, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Aug 10, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jul 21, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1796 | SAFE Act | Related bill | Dec 20, 2005 |
| HR 3171 | VAWA 2005 Reauthorization Act | Related bill | Sep 28, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative remedies
- Aid to dependent children
- Assault
- Business records
- Cash welfare block grants
- Casualty insurance
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Collection of accounts
- Collective bargaining
- Commerce
- Conferences
- Confidential communications
- Consumer protection
- Cost accounting
- Counseling
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against women
- Damages
- Department of Labor
- Destruction of property
- Discrimination
- Discrimination in employment
- Discrimination in insurance
- Dismissal of employees
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Employee rights
- Employee training
- Employers' liability
- Evidence (Law)
- Families
- Family leave
- Family violence
- Federal preemption
- Federal Trade Commission
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Grievance procedures
- Health
- Health insurance
- Hours of labor
- Housing and Community Development
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Information services
- Injunctions
- Insurance agents
- Insurance companies
- Insurance premiums
- Kidnapping
- Labor and Employment
- Labor contracts
- Labor unions
- Law
- Leave of absence
- Legal aid
- Legal fees
- Legal services
- Life insurance
- Limitation of actions
- Local laws
- Medical economics
- Mental health services
- Nonprofit organizations
- Occupational health and safety
- Property insurance
- Psychotherapy
- Punitive damages
- Rape
- Relocation
- Restrictive trade practices
- Right of privacy
- Sex crimes
- Sick leave
- Social Welfare
- Stalking
- State laws
- Transfer of employees
- Unemployment insurance
- Victims of crimes
- Violence
- Welfare eligibility
- Whistle blowing
- Wife abuse
- Women
- Women's rights
- Women's shelters
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
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